Lesson: Interactions of Electromagnetic Waves with Matter Physics

Students will be able to

• distinguish between electromagnetic waves from different parts of the electromagnetic spectrum in terms of their propensity to produce ionization in matter,
• distinguish between electromagnetic waves from different parts of the electromagnetic spectrum in terms of which substances they are strongly absorbed by and which substances they are weakly absorbed by,
• distinguish between electromagnetic waves from different parts of the electromagnetic spectrum in terms of which substances they are strongly reflected by and which substances they are weakly reflected by,
• distinguish between electromagnetic waves from different parts of the electromagnetic spectrum in terms of the health hazard they present to living organisms.